Hi, I'm Moorissa Tjokro.

About

My passion lies in harnessing the power of data to create better lives for all.

I live in San Fransisco, but I mostly breathe in Silicon Valley during weekdays.
My expertise and interests include statistical machine learning, predictive modeling and visualizations, and product management.

NBC Universal

Performed statistical inference, multivariate analyses, sampling, and clustering from high dimensional consumer data.
Built and automated R&D tools using Spark & Python.

Target Marketeam, Inc.

Data Analyst •Jul '14 - Jun '16

Managed data warehouses, developed linear models, and built decision support tools for nonprofit sectors.
Selected as Lead Analyst and collaborated with the SVP of Analytics and the Head of IT to perform A/B testing and experimental design for direct mail products.

Kuyasa Primary School

Teaching Volunteer, August-September 2017

Moorissa spent a couple weeks assisting and teaching Pre-Grade R and Grade R students in Khayelitsha, one of the poorest neighborhoods in South Africa.

As a lifetime advocate for education, she also took part in helping schools and educare centers provide after school programs,
which play a role in boosting students' academic performance, reducing risky behaviors, promoting physical health, and providing a safe, structured environment for the children.

Comcast & NBC Universal

Social Hack Volunteer, June-August 2017

Apart from crunching numbers during her internship at NBC Universal,
Moorissa promotes the importance of technology for social good by spending free time helping organize social hackathons around the city. Responsibilities include events hosting,
student recruitments, and corporate partnerships with IBM, Amazon, and API among many others.

Columbia Data Science Society

Executive Board Member, Fall 2016

As part of the CDSS Executive Board, Moorissa shared her interest in improving data literacy with her graduate colleagues, faculty, and communities
by helping organize data science workshops, hackathons, and panel talks around campus and New York City.

United Nations Association of Atlanta

VP of Membership & Data Operations, Oct 2014 - Apr 2016

In her spare time as a full-time analyst, Moorissa joined the United Nations Association of Atlanta (UNA) to support the sustainable development goals (SDG) in Atlanta.
She later founded the UNA Young Professionals subchapter and was selected as the youngest member to help navigate the organization in the Board of Directors.
She helped lead and organize thirty-two board meetings and thirty events and drafted membership growth and retention strategies for the board,
which resulted in 220% growth rate in new membership rates.

Special thanks to all UNA colleagues, volunteers, and many organizations: Alpha Kappa Alpha chapters in their UN classroom programs, Trees Atlanta and Captain Planet Foundation for volunteering opportunities, National Center for Civil and Human Rights for UN Day sponsorship, Kennesaw State University and Clarkston Career Information Fair for both educational and cultural partnership, and Peaceful Demonstration for workshops regarding abolition of genocide in Myanmar.